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With the increase in the number of hedge fund and private equity managers starting or considering starting a credit fund, it is more important than ever to understand and address the challenges and risks as they relate to insider trading. Dan O’Connor and Matt McGinnis will discuss the state of play for insider trading law as applied to debt instruments and other assets often held by credit funds,...

Although larger sponsors have been running PE funds simultaneously alongside credit funds for quite some time, over the last few years there has been a steady increase in the number of private equity firms expanding their product offering to include credit funds. A key consideration for a PE firm deciding to enter the credit space is how to address and minimize potential conflicts of interest that...

Implementing effective compliance programs is challenging, especially where third-party risk management is involved. In this podcast, Ropes & Gray litigation & enforcement partner Amanda Raad is joined by ethics and compliance consultant Hui Chen, who served as compliance counsel in the Department of Justice, to discuss how companies can tell if a compliance program is working.

In this Ropes & Gray podcast, tax partner Kendi Ozmon and tax counsel Gil Ghatan discuss one of the key provisions for tax-exempt organizations from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) – the new unrelated business taxable income (UBTI) rules for certain fringe benefits. As of January 1, section 512(a)(7) now treats certain employee fringe benefit expenses as giving rise to UBTI for tax-exempt emp...

Compliance programs are difficult to design, and implementing and enforcing policies and procedures is challenging, especially in complex, global organizations. In this podcast, the first in a series on challenges and best practices in risk mitigation and management, litigation & enforcement partner Amanda Raad and ethics and compliance consultant Hui Chen, former Department of Justice complia...

Credit fund managers face unique conflicts issues under ERISA that require specific policies and procedures designed to identify, avoid and mitigate the risks these conflicts pose. This podcast serves as an introduction to how credit fund managers should approach some of the common and emerging scenarios and misconceptions surrounding ERISA, including season and sell, loan participations, venture...

In this Ropes & Gray podcast, asset management partner Isabel Dische and tax partner Brett Robbins discuss the effect of Section 457A on pre-2009 management and incentive fees and charitable planning strategies that can be implemented this year to reduce 2017’s tax burden.

What impact could the new Trump administration have on the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court? Having previously served with the Office of the Solicitor General and as Special Assistant and Associate Counsel to President Obama, respectively, Doug Hallward-Driemeier and Justin Florence from Ropes & Gray’s business and securities litigation practice offer their perspectives on what m...

What impact will the incoming Trump administration have on potential levers of policy change that are available to the Congress and the Executive branch? Having previously served with the Office of the Solicitor General and as Special Assistant and Associate Counsel to President Obama, respectively, Doug Hallward-Driemeier and Justin Florence from Ropes & Gray’s business and securities litigat...

What impact will the incoming Trump administration have on the 2017 health care and life sciences regulatory outlook? In this podcast, Washington, D.C.-based partners Tom Bulleit (health care) and Al Cacozza (life sciences) offer their perspectives on what might lie ahead.

What impact will the incoming Trump administration have on the 2017 health care and life sciences regulatory outlook? In this podcast, Washington, D.C.-based partners Tom Bulleit (health care) and Al Cacozza (life sciences) offer their perspectives on what might lie ahead.

What impact will the incoming Trump administration have on health care enforcement and False Claims Act cases? In this podcast, Colleen Conry and Alex Rene, partners in Ropes & Gray’s government enforcement practice in Washington, D.C., offer their perspectives on what might lie ahead under a new administration.

Today we will discuss the recently enacted 21st Century Cures law. This is part of the Capital Insights podcasts series we are hosting to examine the issues and potential regulatory changes emanating from Washington, D.C., as we transition to a new Federal administration.

Ropes & Gray life science partners Gregory Levine (Washington, D.C.), Albert Cacozza (Washington, D.C.) and Michael Beauvais (Boston) cover the latest changes in digital health regulation, investment and transactions, providing insights on disruptive forces, the current and future regulatory landscape, and current and expected investments in the market.